Underground Film Links: May 30, 2010

By Mike Everleth ⋅ May 30, 2010

Chuck Workman’s documentary Visionaries continues to receive mixed and muted reviews, but it’s really great to see the underground being discussed in such various venues. WFMU has the best review I’ve read so far, written by someone who really knows and understands underground film history. This is this week’s must read link.

It was also fun to read a review-slash-interview with Workman on Hollywood business-oriented website The Wrap. Of course, articles on websites like these don’t include links to references on its subjects — e.g. Mekas, Anthology, Anger, et. al. — so uninformed readers can learn more. C’est la vie. But Workman says something I truly believe and is a guiding principle behind the Underground Film Journal these days: “there’s an audience among people who don’t know experimental film, but would enjoy it if they saw it.”

Facets Features has a real scoop! 2010 Cannes Palmes d’or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul — for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — lists his all-time favorite Top 10 films, which includes a couple undergrounds by Bruce Baillie and Andy Warhol.